SARBANES, Paul Spyros, (father of John Sarbanes),
a Representative and a Senator from Maryland; born in Salisbury,
Wicomico County, Md., February 3, 1933; attended the public schools of
Salisbury; graduated, Princeton University 1954; attended Balliol College,
Oxford, England, as a Rhodes Scholar 1954-1957; graduated, Harvard Law School
1960; admitted to the Maryland bar in 1960 and commenced practice in Baltimore;
law clerk, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Judicial Circuit 1960-1961;
legislative draftsman, Maryland Department of Legislative Reference, Maryland
General Assembly 1961; administrative assistant to chairman, Presidents
Council of Economic Advisers 1962-1963; executive director, Charter Revision
Commission of Baltimore City 1963-1964; member, Maryland house of delegates
1967-1971; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second Congress in 1970;
reelected to the Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses (January 3,
1971-January 3, 1977); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of
Representatives, but was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in
1976; reelected in 1982, 1988, 1994 and 2000, and served from January 3, 1977,
to January 3, 2007; chair, Joint Economic Committee (One Hundredth through One
Hundred Second Congresses), Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
(One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3,
2003]); not a candidate for reelection in 2006.